0805. Race, Identity and Experience in American Art (3 s.h.) RCI: GD.

This course charts past and present artistic mediations of racial and ethnic experiences in the United States. These include paintings of the New Frontier and 19th century folk art, ranging across the Harlem Renaissance and New Deal photography, from Chicano murals and the art activism of the Civil Rights Movement, to the contemporary American reception of Chinese art and the digital spaces occupied by activist groups on the Internet. In the struggle to understand the relation between self and other, artists have critically engaged with the images that define our common sense of belonging – images that saturate the public sphere via mass media, advertising, textbooks, museums, and shopping malls. This engagement ranges from a rejection of stereotypes to their appropriation, from the discovery of alternative histories to the rewriting of dominant narratives, from concepts of difference to theories of diversity. While taking a close look at individual artists and movements, this class locates them within their respective contexts. We will discuss socio-political discourses, including essentialism, structuralism, postmodernism, and post-colonialism, and we will question the validity of such concepts as nationalism and identity in an era of global politics that celebrates the hybrid self. The ultimate goal of the course is to find ways of adequately imagining and imaging an American identity today.

Note: This course fulfills the Race & Diversity (GD) requirement for students under GenEd and Studies in Race (RS) for students under Core.

1197. Art, Race, and the American Experience (3 s.h.) F S. RCI: XC.

(Formerly: TYLER R188.)

The course will examine manifestations of racism in our society and their reflection in the art world. Areas of major focus will include non-white influences on American artists; the exclusion of artists of color from the mainstream; the perpetuation of racist practices toward culturally diverse art forms and artists; the attitudes, behaviors, and expectation of students toward art and race.

Note: This course can be used to satisfy a university Core Studies in Race, Writing Intensive, and American Culture (XC) requirement. Although it may be usable towards graduation as a major requirement or university elective, it cannot be used to satisfy any of the university GenEd requirements. See your advisor for further information.

3349. Tyler School Japan Art, Media and Design Workshop (6 s.h.)

(Formerly: TYLER 0349.)

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

A workshop designed to provide art students with study-abroad experience in Japan. Individual sections offered by departments or areas of the Tyler School introduce different specific topics, so that students may choose the area in which they wish to work. A Tyler faculty member will teach the studio. In addition to the studio component, there will be art history related lectures on topics in Japanese art, guest lectures and workshops by contemporary Japanese artists, field trips, and a multimedia interdisciplinary lab for all students. The goal of the workshop is to give art students a firm grounding in the social, cultural, historical, and practical facets of art in Japan.

3385. Field Internship (3 s.h.) F S SS.

(Formerly: TYLER 0351.)

Prerequisite: A written proposal must be developed and agreed upon before the beginning of the semester, describing the setting and the time commitment, which must equal at least 10 hours per week for the full semester.

A field internship must provide practical experience in a setting which is relevant to the student’s course of study, such as in a gallery, museum or community art center, etc. A comprehensive paper must be written.

3585. Diamond Peer Teachers - Internship I (1 s.h.) F.

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor required.

The Diamond Peer Teachers Program provides students with a mentored university-level teaching experience in their major. Course requirements include participation in the three-day pre-semester Teaching Institute and regular participation in the Peer Teachers support group throughout the semester. Peer Teachers provide supplemental instruction in first- and second-year courses, promote student engagement, and model successful study habits and academic preparedness for students with whom they work. For Diamond Peer Teachers only.

3586. Diamond Peer Teachers - Internship II (1 s.h.) S.

Prerequisite: Permission of instructor required.

The Diamond Peer Teachers Program provides students with a mentored university-level teaching experience in their major. Course requirements include participation in the three-day pre-semester Teaching Institute and regular participation in the Peer Teachers support group throughout the semester. Peer Teachers provide supplemental instruction in first- and second-year courses, promote student engagement, and model successful study habits and academic preparedness for students with whom they work. For Diamond Peer Teachers only.